Intelligence officials believe Putin was directly involved in the Democratic Party hacks

US intelligence officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin was likely directly involved in the hacking campaign that targeted Democratic Party officials and organizations during the US presidential election, NBC News reported Tuesday.

Two of the unnamed intelligence officials cited by NBC pointed to new evidence they say shows Putin directed the distribution of hacked emails and information from the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

A trove of documents were regularly published by WikiLeaks in the weeks leading up to Election Day. WikiLeaks and other organizations also published other communications embarrassing to Democrats and Clinton at various points during the campaign.

Putin’s goal, according to NBC’s sources, was to undermine and discredit America as a global leader, and hurt Clinton.

The Russian president sought to “make us weaker in terms of leading the liberal Democratic order,” Michael McFaul, former ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014, told NBC.

“And most certainly he likes President-elect Trump’s views on Russia,” he added.

Last week, The Washington Post and The New York Times reported findings from the CIA that suggested Russia tried to help Trump win the election through its hacking of Democratic Party organizations. The Republican Party was also hacked, those reports said, but no information was leaked. The RNC has denied it was hacked.

According to those reports, intelligence officials had identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who they said gave WikiLeaks the hacked information, but their connection to Putin was not certain.

But now, officials say they have “a high level of confidence” regarding Putin’s involvement, NBC reported.

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